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Ugandan English: Its sociolinguistics, structure and uses in a globalising post-protectorate
Edited by Christiane Meierkord, Bebwa Isingoma and Saudah Namyalo
[Varieties of English Around the World G59] 2016
► pp. 1–16

Ugandan English - challenges to, and food for, current theories

| Gulu University
| Ruhr University of Bochum
Published online: 20 October 2016
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https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g59.01isi
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